Package seal



Sept, 6, 1932. Q BOFFINQ 1,876,391

PACKAGE SEAL Filed Jan. 25, 1952 wua/wiO/D Zai/ liza.

Patented Sept. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES CHARLES BorFINo, or Los ANGELESyCALIFORNIA y PACKAGEsiazAL?fl Application filed January 25, l1932..Serial No. 588,706. i'

ing cord is positioned with the end of theV tying cord severed at apoint within the peripheral edges of the plates or disks so thaty I*access thereto is impossible for untying a i package or the like.

WVith the above and other objects in view that will become apparent asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel form, combination and Z@ arrangement of parts herinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

1n the drawing Y Figure 1 is a perspective view of the seal 9'associated with the package; Y

Figure 2 is afragmentary side elevational view of the seal associatedwith a bottle neck; Figure 3 is a top plan view of the package seal' 30Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the seal showingthe upper double wall construction of the same;

Figure 5 is a sectional-view, similar to Figure 4 showing the tying corddisposed between the upper walls of the seal;

Figure 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of another form ofseal with a pin connecting the upper and lower walls of the seal; and fFigure '7 is a sectional View, similar to Figure showingv the upperwalls of the seal separated.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing and particularly toFigures 1 to 5, there is illustrated a seal formed of a pair of opposed,dished circular plates or walls 10 and 11, constituting respectively,upper and lower walls of the device, the upper wall 10 having aperipheral angularly directed flange 12 for confining the peripheral iedge of thje'bottom wall 11-. pinlB extends centrally through the upperwall 10 andy is headed upon opposite ends thereof,'the upper headed endconfining la dished disk 14 mating with 'the upper dished'wall 10, thedisk 14 beingof slightly less diameter than the upper wal'l-lUandbeingprovided upon its edge with a rolled bead las illustrated.v

The disvk14 is normally retained, substantially engaged with the wall1() bythe resilient or cushioning member 16 mounted yupon Ithel pin 13at the inner side of the upper wall 10 and is retained upon said pin bythe lower head thereof, aided by vthe key 17. As shown in Figures 3 to5, a pair of mating annular beads 18 are formed in the upper wall 10 anddisk 14 adjacent the peripheral edges thereof and said disk 15, inwardlyof and adjacent its bead 18 is provided with a relatively short radialslit 19.

In applying the seal to a package, suchas illustrated at 2O invFigure 1,one end of a cord 21 is introduced between the wall 10 and disk 14 to hewound severaly times around the Y pin 13, the thickness of the cordseparating the-.disk 14 from the wall 10 against the pressureV of theresilient or cushioning member f 16 with the disk then occupying theposition relative to the wall 10 shown i-nFigure 5'. The `cord isthenwrapped around the package 2O and associated with the seal with theterminal end thereof wound several times around the pin 13 between thedisk and wall with the convolutions of the cord lying within the matingbeads 18. A knife blade or similar device is then inserted through theslit 19 in the disk 14 for severing the free ends of the tying cord -21between the disk 14 and wall 10 at a point within the beads 18 so thataccess to the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 11a being confinedwithin the flange 12a at the edge of the upper wall l0. The upper plateor disk 14a is rotatable upon the upper end of the pin 13cm, the wall lObeing movable downwardly over the pin 13a as illustrated in Figure 7 tofacilitate positioning of the tying cord between the wall 10a and disk14a, the seal in other respects operating in a Inanner similar to theform of invention illustrated in Figure 5.

While there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiments ofthe invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changesmay be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

I claim-:-

In a package seal, a dished wall and a dishedf disksupported above thewall, mating annular'beads adjacent the edges of the wall andV disk andsaid disk having a radial slit therein inwardly of and adjacent thebeads, a dished bottom wall in opposed relation to the aforesaid' wallandl a flange. on the first named wall for retaining the bottom wall inassembled relation thereto.4

In testimony whereof I afhx my signature.

CHARLES BOFFINO.

